Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
| 2 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 3 | Such suspicions were reinforced when he made this pampered favourite Duke of Lennox and granted him the revenues of Arbroath abbey . |
| 4 | An advocate of home rule and agrarian reform , Walsh 's support for the controversial ‘ plan of campaign ’ earned him the displeasure of Rome and cost him the cardinal 's hat . |
| 5 | Israel 's uniqueness stems from the fact that it considers itself to be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbours which , together with the Nazi barbarities of the last war , is somehow supposed to make the rest of the world feel permanently sorry for Israel and give it the right to carry out any intelligence operations it likes . |
| 6 | I heard Mick unzip the tent he shared with Paddy and hand him the tea . |
| 7 | Singleton has an astonishing three year deal with Columbia that gives him the freedom to make as many films as he can in that time . |
| 8 | Bernice took the repeater from Rosheen and tossed her the laser pistol in exchange . |
| 9 | is that until we get the final figures , final settlements it 's very difficult for them to , to put actual the budget figures , but we can still actually come back at those in February and find what the |
| 10 | Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’ |
| 11 | The federal civil service is the only part of Canadian society which remotely approaches the bilingual and bicultural ideal : this isolates it from real life in Canada and gives it the tendency , like the Prussian army , to believe that it is the sole repository of national values . |
| 12 | I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her . |
| 13 | ‘ The opening of our new office demonstrates our commitment to our future involvement in Slovakia and gives us the opportunity to continue to build on the excellent relations that have already been established , ’ he added . |
| 14 | No I 'll keep it for when I have my money and I 'll go down to Cardiff and spend it the bloody lot . |
| 15 | He just kept on giving everything to Lennie and giving him the love he needed . |
| 16 | Oh , I think the story goes on from there , because I do n't think though and this is a personal opinion and I I 'd love the Committee to I do n't know tha that er I M R O ever did get accounts out of Liechtenstein because a year later B I M the m the ownership of it was transferred from Liechtenstein back to England but guess who the the , the owner was transfer to a charitable trust , so we 've got erm a company that is handling the investment management of seven hundred million pounds worth of pension funds which is owned by a charity and the and the accounts that were given to I M R O and these accounts were given to I M R O a year later , were charity commission er type accounts , which evidently showed something like five hundred thousand pounds in that charitable fund and er and no transactions you know , so and that company that was running that was the beneficial owner of our investment company where all the errors took place . |
| 17 | Bob Eaton , the man who brought Lotus to GM and gave us the Calibra , is about to become chairman of Chrysler . |
| 18 | The boss went to Calgary and gave me the day off . ’ |
| 19 | Some time later Mehmed II repented of his action , invited Molla Husrev back to Istanbul and gave him the office of Mufti . |
| 20 | Still she hesitated and at last he said , ‘ Think about it , talk to your parents and to Jennifer and see what the reaction is . |
| 21 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 22 | Ca n't you see that I would be better off with you than going to Elizabeth and telling her the truth ? ’ |
| 23 | He drove her to Burford and showed her the site of the car crash . ’ |